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This is big news for us. A Mi Lado, the feature documentary produced by JCDe Productions and distributed by CAT&Docs, will be released on iTunes on June 23rd in France, Switzerland, Belgium and in Luxembourg! And the US release will follow next month. After a successful festival run, the film will now be avilable for audiences around the world. You can [...]

In April, I was in invited to talk about By My Side on NTN 24, Latin America’s largest news network. It was a great experience and oportunity to present the film to a large Latin American audience. We are currently working on a new project. We will keep you posted soon.

“A Mi Lado was a very moving film. It’s one those films that reminds us that we take a lot for granted such as, a place to sleep, food to eat, clothes to wear and access clean water. We so much want to help these three woman and their families but that’s only a small snapshot [...]

Great news for the film and its team! A Mi Lado [By My Side] is coming to New York City in April. The film will screen on April 13 at 9:15 pm at the Quad Cinema in the context of the Havana Film Festival New York! Join us and meet part of the team, who [...]

Waste pickers from the Chureca had been waiting for a new house for months. They could see it being built near the site, where they are scavenging every day. A woman apparently tried to take advantage of this hope for a new home. More than 30 people told police earlier this month that they were [...]

Fatima, Dominga’s sister, recently received a new house in the new housing development in the Chureca. These houses were built to relocate the Churequeros. Authorities have also been building a new recycling plant to give the waste pickers a new job. El Nuevo Diario recently reported that some people of the Chureca have been left [...]

Last Friday, I was in Trenton, NJ. It is technically a world away from the Chureca. But when I stepped into the offices of TerraCycle and when I met Tom Szaky, the young CEO of the company, I thought about the Churequeros a lot. Tom Szaky recycles all he can think of. It goes from [...]

Here is the poster of By My Side [A Mi Lado] designed by Fabio Cutro and updated festival selections and awards. We hope 2013 will be even better than 2012 for the film. Thank you all for your support!

By My Side [A Mi Lado] is documenting the life of 3 women of the Chureca. But they are people in the landfill of Managua, who are trying to help these women find a way out. As we were shooting the film, we witnessed the work of Earth Education Project, a great UK charity. Fatima, [...]